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THE 
ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

OF 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty  Letters 
WITH  A 
New  Arithmetic  System 

BY 

JOHN  M.  KtUH 


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CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS. 

J.  M.  KLUH,  2842  State  Street 

1922 


Copyrighted 

by 

John  M.  Kluh 

1922 


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PREFACE.' 


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In  introducing  the  Etymologic  Cipher  Alpha- 
bet to  the  public,  the  author  would  briefly  observe 
that  he  was,  from  practical  linguistical  knowledge 
led  to  develope  this  Alphabet  on  etymologic 
principles,  as  an  attempt  to  supply  an  educational 
want  which  had  too  long  existed  in  linguistical 
works, — that  of  a  uniform  Book  Alphabet  for  all 
languages  from  which  the  natives  and  foreigners 
might  learn  the  sounds  of  their  vernacular  language, 
and  of  the  human  voice  as  recorded  by  letters. 

In  teaching  the  phonetic  elements  of  any 
language,  the  only  rational  and  successful  method 
of  conveying  a  proper  knowlege  of  it  to  the  learner, 
is  through  the  medium  of  the  sounds  of  the  langu- 
age which  he  already  in  some  measure  is  acquaint- 
ed with;  and  pursuant  to  this  principle,  our  con- 
sonant and  vowel  examples  are  mostly  given  in 
idential  German,  English  and  French  etymologic 
key  words.  As  our  Alphabet  embrases  the  most 
common  sounds  of  all  languages,   the  learner  must 

.4  "7  c^  Q  •";  -7 


of  needs  train  histonpue  and  ear  to  utter  and  iist- 
inguish  peculiarities  of  pronounciation  which  ap- 
pear diflScult  at  first  but  a  little  practice  makes 
these  familar  to  the  speaker. 

As  the  Roman  Alphabet  of  twenty-six  letters 
is  wanting  of  about  one  hundred  sound  characters 
to  represent  the  sound  mutation  of  modern  langu- 
aoes.  this  deficiency  necessitated  the  deyisinP'  of 
new  letters  and  the  making  of  new  types  suitable 
to  the  needs  of  modern  writing-  and  printing.  The 
author  has  aimed  to  keep  each  new  character  simple 
and  distinct  from  each  other,  so  that  they  w\\\  com- 
pare favorably  with  any  of  the  old  alphabets.  The 
additional  new  letters  enable  us  to  form  millions 
of  one,  two  and  three  syllabic  new  words  and  mean- 
ings. It  is  hoped  that  this  alphabet  will  receive 
the  proper  appreciation,  and  that  with  slight  im- 
provements it  may  be  introduced  in  the  various 
institutes  of  learnino-  for  the  benefit  of  all  the 
people. 

THE  AUTHOR. 

Chicago,  in  January  1922. 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER 
ALPHABET. 


The  Alphabet,  that  is,  the  cipher,  sound  or 
word  house,  forms  the  elements  of  written  speech. 
Etymology  traces  out  the  original  word,  its 
sound  mutations  and  letter  changes.  The  etymo- 
logic cipher  alphabet  has  for  its  aim  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  root  words,  the  preservation  of  their 
sound  mutations  and  the  preservation  of  letter 
orthography. 

The  letters  in  all  languages  represent  either 
vowels,  consonants  or  diphthongs.  Vowels  are 
such  letters  that  can  be  sounded  alone  as  syllables. 
Consonants  are  such  letters  which  cannot  be  ut- 
tered without  a  vowel.  Diphthongs  are  two  vow^- 
els  or  consonants  that  form  one  syllable. 

The  alphabet  is  an  inheritance  from  our  father 
Noah,  when  the  whole  earth  was  oneness  of  w^isdom 
and  unity  of  speech.  This  oneness  of  wisdom  and 
unity  and  speech  still  exists  in  the  alphabet  and 
word  identity  over  the  whole  earth.  The  words 
of  the  diverse  alphabets  are  still  identical  with 
each  other,  except  some  slight  sound  mutations. 
There  are  twenty-two  letters  in  the  ancient  Semitic 
alphabet,   nearly  every  one    of   them  is  subject    to 


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two  or  more  sound  mutations  found  in  modern 
European  and  Oriental  words.  Moreover,  the 
common  alphabets  have  not  nearly  symbols  enough 
for  the  numerous  sounds  of  modern  languages. 
The  German  and  French  languages  distinguish 
onlv  '^^0  simple  consonants,  the  English  22,  the 
Romanic  nations  have  even  less  consonants  in  com- 
mon use.  It  is  evident  that  these  alphabets  are 
not  sufficiently  extensive  to  represent  the  sounds 
of  the  Asiatic  languages,  among  which  the  Arabic 
distinguishes  and  represents  28  consonants,  the 
Turkish  33,  the  Sanskrit  34,  the  Hindustani  35. 
or,  including  the  aspirates,  even  47,  and  the  Tai  or 
Siamese  alphabet  distinguishes  and  represents  44 
consonants. 

In  order  to  learn  the  sounds  or  first  elements 
of  any  language  or  of  word  and  song  phonetics, 
we  must  have  uniform  symbols  to  represent  them. 
But  since  the  orthographies  of  European  languages 
written  with  Roman  or  Gothic  letters  vary  con- 
siderable in  the  pronounciation  of  the  same  letter, 
as  for  example  c  stands  for  k,  z,  q,  tz,  tsh,  th,  gh; 

j  stands  for  y.  x,  zh,  dsh; 
g  stands  for  g,  j,  dj,  dsch. 
sh  stands  for  ch,  sc,  sch; 
ch  stands  for  j,  x,  kh,  tch,  ch.  v; 
b  stands  for  b,  bh.  v,  w.  wh,  p,  ph,  f, 
etc. 


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These  deficiencies  and  inconsistencies  of  the 
old  alphabet  must  be  met  with  by  new  letters  and 
methods.  Our  modern  numbers  are  slight  modi- 
fications of  the  ancient  first  nine  Semitic  letters. 
On  this  account  we  have  adopted  them  to  stand 
for  their  original  consonant  value.  Each  of  these 
letters  may  be  inverted,  and  thus  represent  a  sound 
mutation  of  the  same  letter.  I'his  principle  is  con- 
tinued with  every  succeeding  consonant  letter 
adopted  for  our  alphabet  that  can  be  used  in  this 
twofold  manner.  By  this  method  we  are  enabled 
to  represent  with  thirty  characters  sixty  consonant 
varieties  in  common  use. 

In  the  Semitic  and  other  ancient  languages, 
there  are  five  or  six  primary  vowel  symbols,  nearly 
every  one  of  these  vowels  is  the  ground  vowel  of 
two  or  more  modern  sound  mutations.  But  as  our 
alphabet  distinguishes  only  the  five  or  six  primary 
vowels,  we  have  to  add  new  vowel  characters  to 
indicate  the  new  sounds  and  sound  modification. 
Every  primary  vowel  sound  and  its  mutation  may 
be  sounded  short  and  long.  The  simple  vowel 
letter  represents  the  short  or  unaccented  sound, 
the  circumflex  accent  above  a  vowel  letter  denotes 
the  long  or  accented  sound  of  that  letter.  The  se 
condary  sound  mutation  or  umlaut  is  indicated  by 
inverting  the  vowel  letter  from  which  it  is  derived. 
In  this  manner,   we  are  enabled   to   distinguish  by 


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definite  characters  the  most  common  primary  and 
secondary  vowel  sounds  and  consonants  found  in 
diverse  modern  languages  and  dialects,  so  that  the 
teacher  and  learner  is  enabled  to  study  and  explain 
by  this  alphabet  the  sounds  of  the  human  voice 
that  should  be  known  by  all. 

It  will  be  necessary  to  understand  the  genius 
of  etymologic  sound  mutations,  that  certain  letters 
of  the  ancient  Japhetic  and  Semitic  alphabets  have 
several  uses  and  are  differently  pronounced,  so  as 
to  give  to  the  words  formed  oral  distinction  and 
meaning.  Thus  for  instance  J?  ayin  is  used  as  y 
in  yard,  as  g  in  garden,  as  h  in  hortus,  as  w  in  war, 
as  wh  in  whine,  as  v  in  van,  von,  as  gh  in  ghost,  as 
f  in  enough  f,  as  n  in  seven,  as  ng  in  song,  as  gn, 
kn  in  knosp,  as  r,  rg  in  sw^ear.  In  the  middle  of 
words  it  is  also  pronounced  as,  a,  au,  o,  e,  y,  ow, 
ae,  oe,  ai,  etc.  It  will  be  observed  that  this  singular 
letter  is  indeed  a  sound  servant  letter  in  its  ancient 
application  as  well  as  to  its  position  in  any  root 
word.  These  and  similar  examples  of  letter  and 
sound  changes  will  enable  the  reader  to  under- 
stand the  cause  of  various  modes  of  writing,  pro- 
nouncing and  spelling  of  the  same  words  in  differ- 
ent  modern  lano-uag-es  and  dialect. 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER   ALPHABET 


The  Consonant  Sounds. 


1    1/  «,  h. 

The  cipher  i  stands  for  the  aliph-hamza,  the 
first  Semitic  consonant  and  number.  It  marks  a 
slight  outbreathing  movement  of  the  vocal  organs 
before  the  utterance  of  the  vowel,  which  the  Greeks 
represent  in  writing  by  the  spiritus  lenis,  the 
English  and  French  by  the  silent  h,  as  in  the 
words:  Latin,  hora;  English,  hour;  French,  heure; 
Hebrew,  lor;  Latin,  hiob;  Arabic,  lotel;  E.,  hotel. 

31   /^  «  1,  V,  w,  hv,  wh. 

The  cipher  -/  inverted  ^,  represents  the  aliph- 
vaw  sound  mutation,  a  soft  aspirated  v,  w,  hv,  and 
wh,  as  in  the  words:  Latin,  vallus:  English,  wall; 
Heb.,  lith;  E.,  with;  H.,  led;  E.,  wet;  H.,  laser; 
Ger.,  waser. 

16  ^y,  h. 

The  letter  i  stands  for  the  ayin  hamza,  the 
spiritus  asper  sound  of  Semitic  Greek  words.  It  is 
a  gutteral  aspirate  formed  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
throat,  comraonlv  written  with  h,  as  in  homo,  heli, 
hyder,  heute,  hortus,  honey,  hum,  harn. 


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46  ^  V,  J' 

The  letter  ^  inverted  ^,  marks  the  ayin  yod 
sound  mutation.  It  is  deeper  and  harder  sounded 
than  j,  as  in  Semitic  words:  yarn,  yawn,  yelp, 
yellow,  yearn,  yester. 

2  3  2,  b,  p. 

The  cipher  2  stands  for  the  soft  sound  of  b, 
the  second  Semitic  consonant  and  number,  as  in 
the  words:  beth,  booth,  babel,  beg,  berit. 

32  ^  2,  bh,  bv. 

The  cipher  3  inverted  ^,  marks  the  sound 
mutation  of  b  into  bh,  bv,  ph,  pf  aspirates,  as  in 
the  words  bond,  Ger.  pfand;  Sansk.  bhone;  G'r. 
phone;  Sansk.  bhoto;  Gr.  photo. 

17 />S,  p. 

The  lower  case  letter  p  slightly  modified 
represents  the  hard  p  sound,  the  seventeenth  Sem- 
itic consonant  and  number,  sounded  like  p  in 
pepper,  papa,  pen. 

47  4  5),  P'h,  pf- 

The  letter  p  inverted  (f,  stands  for- the  aspirat- 
ed sound  of  p,  p'h,  as  in  loop'hole;  Beng.  p'heather 
featherj  p'halai,  p'halguna,  E.  pound;  Ger.  pfund; 
Heb.  perd;  Ger.  pferd;  E.  path;  Ger.  pfad. 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  11 

The  cipher  3  or  Irish  letter  ^-g,  represents 
the  third  seruitic  consonant  and  number,  as  in  the 
words:  goal,  gable,  cathol,  camel,  gover. 

33  t  \  g,  ge,  gi,  dge. 

The  cipher  ^  inverted  ^,  marks  the  sound 
mutation  of  g  into  gi,  ge,  dge  and  dsh,  as  in  geo, 
gem,  gin,  algebra, 

18  %  p,  q,  c,  g,  gg,  k,  ck. 

The  Armenian  letter  ^,  a  slightly  modified  q, 
stands  for  the  hard  guttural  g  or  q  sound  formed 
in  the  throat  by  the  pressure  of  the  root  of  the 
tongue  against  the  throat,  as  in  the  Semitic  words 
dagger,  tilge;  Sansk.  qater;  Fr.  quatre;  Eng. 
quarter. 

48  i\  p,  dsh,  Osh. 

The  letter  ^  inverted  ^,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  q  into  tzhlj,  dshh,  as  in  the  Amharic  word 
qalama*  E.  calm;  H.  qathan ;  Hind,  qathana. 

4  rf  1,  d,  dh,  t,  th,  ds,  dz,  z. 

The  letter  d  corresponds  with  the  fourth  Sem- 
itic consonant  and  number,  as  in  the  words  deal, 
did,  lid,  yield,  dress,  deed. 

34  J>  "T,  dh,  th,  ds,  dz,  d,  t,  z. 

The   letter  d  inverted  p,   marks   the    aspirate 


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sound  ©f  d,  dh,  as  in  the  English  words  this, thine; 
Sansk.  dhej.  dhale,  dheal,  dhome. 

19  t  n,  th. 

The  small  letter  t  corresponds  with  t  in  the 
words  little,  tattle,  letter,  hat,  fat,  trifle. 

49  ^  n,  th. 

The  letter  t  inverted  ^,  represents  the  aspirate 
sound  of  t,  th,  as  in  the  words  they,  thine,  with, 
things. 

5  5  n,  h,  g,  k,  c,  ch. 

The  cipher  6  slightly  modified,  stands  for  the 
fifth  Semitic  consonant  and  number,  sounded  as  h 
in  the  words  habel,  have,  hat,  hush.  hand. 

35   g  n,  g,  h,  k,  ch. 

The  letter  5  inverted  q,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  h  into  a  soft  breathed  g,  as  in  the  hiphel 
forms  of  the  Hebrew  verb  in  German  words,  thus: 
gekommen,  gegangen,  gesagt,  gethan.  H.  hebe; 
G.  gebe,  gabe;  E.  give,  gift. 

20  fi  n,  h,  hh,  gh,  chh. 

The  character  Id  represents  the  Semitic  gut- 
tural hh  sound,  much  akin  to  h  in  haul,  only  the 
aspiration  is  stronger  and  formed  deeper  in  the 
throat,  as  in  the  oriental  words  ham,  helm;  Ger. 
hehlen;  Bengal,  chhelen. 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET      13 

50  ^  n,  gh,  ch. 

The  letter  id  inverted  ^,  indicates  the  sound 
mutation  of  hh  into  the  aspirate  gutteral  ch,  gh,  as 
in  the  German  English  words:  tochter,  daughter; 
dachte,  thought;  teich,  dough. 

6  6^,  s'h,  sch,  sg,  sk. 

The  cipher  6  represents  the  ancient  sixth 
Semitic  consonant  and  number.  Its  sound  is  that 
of  s'h,  sch,  sg,  sk,  pronounced  by  bringing  the  tip 
of  the  tongue  to  the  roof  of  the  mouth,  as  in  Pus'h- 
to,  sgum,  schaum,  skum,  skull,  shell. 

36  9  tt^,  gz,  ks,  chs,  hs. 

The  cipher  6  inverted  p,  stands  for  the  sound 
mutation  of  x,  chs,  as  in  six,  sechs,  L.  rixa;  Chin- 
ese hs  in  hsu. 

21  i  tt^,  s,  sh. 

The  script  letter  d  marks  the  s  sound  as  in 
the  words  sir,  sarah,  season,  susan,  dress. 

51  ^f,  sh,  sch. 

The  letter  j  inverted  ^,  indicates  the  sound 
mutation  of  s  into  sch,  sh  in  the  words  shall,  dash, 
she;  Ger.  scheide,  schelm,  schoen,  schier, 

27  7,T  z,  s- 

The    cipher    7  represents  the  seventh   Semitic 


14  THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

consonant  and  number,  sounded  like  the  soft  hissed 
/,  s  in  the  words  zone,  zeal,  fizz,  prosa,  these,  buzz. 

37  L  T,  zh,  z,  s. 

The  cipher  /y  inverted  L,  marks  the  soft  aspir- 
ate  sound  of  z,  s,  zh,  as  in  azure,  pleasure;  Pers. 
zhazh,  zhala,  zhinda,  dizham. 

2  3^  1  T,  dz,  ds. 

The  letter  ^  stands  for  the  z  or  dz,  ds  sound, 
as  in  the  German  word  ziiber,  Syr.  zaber;  Bengal 
zaber;  Ital.  zona,  zero,  rozzo,  mezzo, 

52  i  T,  dz'h,  zh. 

The  letter  j  inverted  ^,  represents  the  aspirate 
sound  of  dz'h,  dzh,  as  in  the  Hindu  words  dz'hala, 
dz'hok,  dz'hilasdila-tory. 

8  i  3,  bh. 

The  character  ^  stands  for  the  soft  aspirated 
bh,  V,  f,  as  in  the  words  live,  self,  selves,  calf, 
calves,  love,  folk,  Volk,  Vater,  father. 

38  fZ, 

The  letter  ^  inverted  ^,  stands  for  the  sound 
mutation  of  bh,  w,  wh,  hv,  as  in  white,  weiss,  hvitt. 

23  /  C),  ph,  f. 

The  character  y{  represents  the  sound  mutation 


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of  p  into  ph  or  f,    as   in    the   words    fowl,    fattacb, 
fittig,  farre,  fall,  forth. 

53  /  S,  fh,  phh. 

The  letter  f  inverted  f,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  the  aspirsted  fh,  as  in  the  Gaelic  words 
fhasan,  fhill,  fhuaimrag. 

9  ^  rO,  b,  t,  tt,  th. 

The  Hindu  cipher  %  stands  for  the  ninth  Sem- 
itic consonant  and  number.  It  is  sounded  by 
bringing  the  tip  of  the  tongue  backward  and  up- 
ward nearly  to  the  palate  or  dome  of  the  mouth,  as 
t,  b  in  the  Bengal  words,  talk,  tank,  tipper,  toll. 

39  %  ID,  bh,  d'  th. 

The  letter  %  inverted  ^,  represents  the  aspirate 
sound  of  %  as  in  the  words  penthouse,  thick,  Syr. 
thaler,  dollar,  loth;  Ger.  lothen. 

24  ^ :;,  tz,  ts. 

The  German  letter  ^  corresponds  with  the 
Semitic  ts  sound,  uttered  by  applying  the  tip  of  the 
tongue  to  the  roof  of  the  mouth,  as  in  the  German 
words  ^unge,  30II;  E.  switser,  wits. 

54  i  )£,  tz'h,  gsh,  tssh. 

The  letter  ^  inverted  €,  marks  the  aspirate 
sound  of  jsh,  tssh,  found  in  many  languages. 


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10  /  ^  j,  J- 

The  letter  ^  corresponds  with  the  Semitic 
aliph-jod  sound  mutation,  as  in  the  H.  Lat.  words: 
jom,  jad,  jar;  Ger.  Eng.  year,  jura,  jona,  jasher, 
yield. 

40  /  •»,  j,  dzh,  dsh. 

The  letter  J,  inverted  /,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  aliph-jod,  sounded  like  dzh,  as  in  the  Eng. 
words:  joke,  jingle,  jump,  jam,  junk,  job. 

25  t  V,  g'  gh'  «• 

The  character  (^  represents  the  ayin  gh  or  ghain 
sound,  a  soft  aspirated  gh,  corresponding  to  the 
English  gh  in  loghouse,  ghost,  logos-  Ger.  garn, 
gestern,  gelb;  Lat.  cum. 

55  0-  V,  ^'  ^'  ^^'  ^^• 

The  letter  t  inverted  ^j,  stands  for  the  ayin 
waw  sound  mutation,  as  in  the  words:  whine, 
wharf,  war,  wehr,  van,  von. 

11  k  3,  k,  ck. 

The  small  script  letter  k  corresponds  with  the 
k  sound  in  keep,  kid,  speak,  keen. 

41  y  D,  ch,  tch. 

The  letter  k  inverted  ^^  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  k  into  ch,  tch,  as  in  the  words  chart, 
cherub,  chew,  chest,  church,  watch. 


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26  //  D,  ^-  kh,  ch. 

The  Coptic  letter  chei  represents  the  hard 
guttural  kh,  ch  sound,  as  in  the  Scotch-German 
word  loch  I  Ger.  dach,  wache,  sache,  buch,  ach. 

56  ^  3,  chh,  ch. 

The  letter  ff  inverted  i^,  stands  for  the  sound 
mutation  of  kh  into  the  aspirated  ch-h  sound, 
which  may  be  expressed  by  the  English  chh  in  the 
word  whichhorse,  chheat,  chhink,  chhints. 

12  ^  ^  1. 

The  script  letter  €  corresponds  with  the  1  sound 
in  bull,  lilly,  lally,  life,  long. 

42  ;  h,  Ih,  gli,  11. 

The  letter  €  inverted  ^,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  1  into  Ih.  In  the  articulation  of  this  sound 
the  middle  of  the  tongue  is  more  raised  than  in 
that  of  1. 

27  r  \  ^y  ^^^ 

The  lower  case  letter  ^  a  slightly  modified  r  re- 
presents the  sound  of  r  as  in  the  words  ray,  ram, 
more,  rush,  rule. 

57  ^  V,  ^^'  g^'  ^^• 

The  letter  /•  inverted  dj  stands  for  the  guttural 
sound  of  gr  or  j^  r,  as  in  the  word  groom,  bride- 
groom, L.  homo;  E.  gum;  Fr.  razzia,  grazzia;  Ar. 
gazah. 


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13  li  D,  m, 

The  character  fi  corresponds  with  the  m  sound 
in  the  words  mamma,  mien,  mine,  meet. 

43  p^  mm,  mb. 

The  letter /{inverted  fi,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation of  mm,  mb,  as  in  the  H,  num;  E.  numb;  G. 
kamm;  E.  comb;  G.  nummer;  E.  number;  E.  lamb, 
G.  lamm,  kammer;  E.  chamber;  G.  stumm;  E.  dumb. 

44  ^D,  mm,  mp. 

The  character  ^  represents  the  hard  labial 
mm,  mp  sound,  as  in  the  words  G.  Schwamm;  E. 
swamp;  G.schlamm;  E.  slump;  Ar.lammo;  L.  lumen; 
E.  G.  lamp. 

58  ^  D,  mp,  mpf. 

The  letter  d^  inverted  ^,  stands  for  the  sound 
mutation  of  mp  into  mpf ,  as  in  the  words  E.  shame; 
G.  schimpf;  E.  sump;  G.  sumpf;  E.  trump;  G. 
trumpf;  E.  rump;  G.  rumpf. 

14  f}  i,  n. 

The  small  letter  fj  slightly  modified  corres- 
ponds with  the  n  as  sounded  in  now,  noon,  name, 
then,  lent,  hand. 

29  U  j;,  nh,  n. 

The  letter  7]  inverted  U,  represents  the  nasal 
dome  sound  of  n,  produced  by  pressing  the  tongue 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  19 

against  the  back  of  the  upper  teeth  while  n  is 
sounded  as  in  Beng.  nas;  E.  nose;  Beng.  nad;  G. 
neid. 

59  7}  j;,  ng. 

The  cliaracter  7^  marks  the  small  sound  of  ng 
as  in  the  words  lingua,  langue,  language,  song, 
sing,  sang. 

48  fc,  gn,  kn. 

The  letter  7}  inverted  (c,  represents  the  sound 
mutation  of  gn,  kn,  as  in  the  words  H.  gnosb, 
knosp,  gnudo,  regner,  dignus.  deign. 

15  (f  □,  fe,  z,  c.',  5. 

The  Gothic  letter  ^,  stands  for  the  Semitic  s/ 
sound  as  in  Fr.  cipher;  Ger.  ziffer,  seraph,  simile, 
case,  soiled,  zeit. 

45  b  D,  szh,  (,-,  sh. 

The  letter  q,  inverted  b,  marks  the  sound  mut- 
ation  of  q  into  szh,  as  in  Sansk.  Kaszha;  Russ, 
chasha;  Fr.  fa(;on;  E.  fashion. 

30  lu^  n,  St. 

The  character  ^  represents  the  sound  mutation 
of  s  or  t  into  st.  Thus,  H.  sub;  Ger.  stube;  Ar. 
taude;  Ger.  staude;  Ar.  tab;  E.  stave;  Ger.  stab; 
Fr.  fete;  Ger.  fest. 


20      THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

60   j  D  ^  r\,  sht,  shch. 

The  letter  ^  inverted  ^,  stands  for  the  sound 
mutation  of  st  into  sht,  as  in  the  German  words 
stube-shtube,  stall-shtall,  steuer-shteuer. 


•<•► 


Semitic  Word  Examples. 


XS^S  ia€4d  jT'i  ^^t  2xf  ^d:i  ^dilel 

\  p2i  11  /^a/.  iiT  7^  ^£  rff  SIDH  ^a^a  ^£ai 

31tD  ^2  pjr  /i^T/^  nJD  ^er)^ 

X^dl  life  le2e  n^DD  fi2i%ef  D^!tJ  ?;fl^^£ 


THE  ETY.AIOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  21 


The  Vowel  Sounds. 


The  ground  vowels,  their  derivations  and 
diphthongs  are  best  exampliHed  by  the  vocal  syllab- 
ary of  the  Etymologic  Alphabet.  These  vowels  are 
devided  into  seven  or  rather  eight  orders,  and  com- 
bined with  each  other,  produce  sixty-four  different 
vocal  modifications  to  which  any  primary  vocal 
sound  combination  or  derivation  of  any  language 
or  dialect  may  be  refered  to  for  identification. 

12     3     4     5     6     7     8 

m  {Sta  ne  ^u  ^a  n^  ^i  i^c 
^  aa  aa  as  au  aa  ax  at  aa 
^  aa  ad  as  au  aa  ax  ai  ao 
n  £a  sa  ££  eu  sa  ex  ei  ec 
1  ua  ua  us  uu  ua  ux  ui  uc 
1  aa  aa  as  au  aa  ax  ai  ao 
n  xa  xa  xs  xu  xa  xx  xi  xo 
>  ia  ia  is  iu  ia  ix  ii  io 
j;  oa  oa  os  ou  oa  ox  oi  oo 

{<  a,  a  base, 
ri.  short,  as  a  in  Ital.  matto,  Fr.  chatte. 
fi,  short,  as  a  in  ask,  grass,  gasp,  staff, farther, 
d,  long,  as  a  in  father,  arm,  palm;  It.  mano. 

Change  of  a  a  into  p  p. 
p,  short,  as  a  in  plaid,  bade. 
P,  long,  as  a  in  fate,  ale,  chamber,  pray. 


22  THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

jSI  a,  a  base. 

rt,  short,  as  a  in  Ger.  Mann;  Fr.  matelas. 
a,  long,  as  a  in  Ger.  mahnen.  Fahne. 

Change  of  a  d  into  ii-t)  p. 
V,  short,  as  ii  in  Ger.  Manner,  Kulter.  Wiilder. 
p,  long,  as  a  in  Ger.  Viiter,  wahlen,  Fiiden. 

i^l  a.  a  base. 

T 

a,  short,  as  a  in  what,  wander,  want. 
a,  short,  as  a  in  German  Jewish  schavvass. 
a.  long,  as  a  in  all,  call,  tall,  talk,  swarm. 
a,  long,  as  a  in  Ger.  mal,  schwab  (dialect). 

Change  of  a  a  into  v  y. 
p   short,  oe  a  in  Danish  and  Norse, 
p^  long,  as  oe  in  Danish,  Norse;  and  Swed.  oede, 
V,  lono-    as  ea  in  earth,  earn,  learn. 

n  a  a  base. 
a   short,  as  a  in  man,  fat.  flag,  catch,  marry. 
a,  short,  as  e  in  Ger.  berg,  werg,  ^werg  (dialect). 
a,  long,  as  a  in  bath,  shall,  have. 

Change  of  a  a  into  v.  TB 
K,  short,  as  e  a  in  men,  any  and  many. 
E,  short,  as  e  in  Fr.  pere,  mere,  frere,  leche. 
^,  long,  as  a  in  care,  fare,  mare,  pare. 

n  £  £,  base. 
£,  short,  as  e  in  get,  met,  fetch,  pet,  red,  wet. 
£,  short,  as  in  Ger.  elle.  Kelle,  Gabe,  fest  (hard). 


THE  ETYMOTOGIC   CIPHER  ALPHABET  28 

£,  long,  as  e  in  they,  eight,  Fr.  de,  ^te,  ep^e. 
E,  long,  as  e  in  Ger.  rede,  seele,  Klee,  see. 

Change  of  £  £  into  3  3.  Russ  3. 
3,  short,  as  e  in  Russ.  ethic,  epos,  era,  epoch. 
3,  short,  as  e  in  ent,  rent,  lent,  hell,  well. 
J,  long^  as  e  in  Ger.  lehre,  hehr,  ehre,  wehr. 

1  W,  M  base. 

U,  short,  as  u  in  pull,  push,  bull,  put,  full. 

u,  short,  as  in  Ger.  Mutter,  Fluss,  Busch.  Kuss. 

W,  long,  as  u  in  crude,  truth,  rude,  rural. 

li.  long,  as  u  in  Ger.  gut,  bluth,  stuhl,  schule. 

Change  of  u  U  into  ii,  n  n. 
n,  short,  as  ii  in  Ger.  Miitter,  Fliisse,  Biische,  Kitsse. 
n,  short,  as  u  in  Fr.  but,  sur. 

w,  long,  as  ii  in  Ger.  Giiter,  Bliite,  Stfihle,  Schiller. 
n,  long,  a  u  in  Fr.  sur,  fumes. 

^G),  a  base. 

(C,  short,  as  o  in  roll,  toll,  whole,  sword,  none. 
CO,  short,  as  o  in  Ger.  Gott,  Volk,  fromra,  zoll. 
6?,  long,  as  o  in  note,  mode,  sole,  more,  borne. 
(5,  long,  as  o  in  Ger.  sohn,  noth,  hoch.  wohl. 
(5,  long,  as  o  in  Fr.  cone. 

Chancfe  a  a  into  o,  ©  [D. 
^,  short,  as  o  in  Ger.  Gotter,  V()lker,  frommer, 

ZtUle. 
iV,  short,  as  o  in  Sw.  r)ppna,  ofver,  ofre. 


24  THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

^,  long,  as  '6  in  Ger.  Sohne,  Nothen,  hoher,  wohler. 
ip,  long,  as  eu  in  Fr.  peu,  deux,  seul,  feu. 

'^  e  e  base. 
e,  short,  as  in  Fr.  mes,  des,  ses,  ces,  les. 

e,  short,  as  e  in  rest,  bestj  Ger,  B^est,  nest. 

€,,  long,  as  e  in  Fr,  tete,  bete,  fete;  Gr.  ketos. 
Sf  long,  as  ed  in  bear,  wear,  pear,  tear. 

Change  e  €  into  ^  ^. 
^,  short,  as  in  fern,  kern,  merry;  Fr.  me,  de,  le. 
^,  short,  as  i  in  virgin,  irksome,  dirt. 
^,  long,  as  ea  in  dearth, 

•»  1  I  base. 

{,  short,  as  i  in  pit,  fish,  bill,  fin,  live. 
(,  short,  as  i  in  Ger.  bin,  milch,  fisch,  ich. 
i,  long,  as  i  in  Fr.  cime,  abime,  agit. 
ij  long,  as  i  in  machine,  marine,  police. 

Change  of  i  i  into  }  j. 
I,  short,  as  i  in  wild,  sight,  kind,  idea. 

f,  long,  as  I  in  mile,  fine,  wine,  file. 

j,  long,  as  ei  in  Ger,  meile,  wein,  fein,  feile. 

M^  a  d  base. 

<tf,  short,  as  ou  in  our,  hour,  out,  bout,  shout. 

d,  long,  long,  as  au,  ou  in  haus,  house  maus,  mouse. 

Change  of  Of  <^  into  »  ^. 
*>,  short,  as  eu  in  Fr.  heure. 
^,  long,  as  au  in  Ger.  hauser,  mause.  Ik'use. 


THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  25 


S  1  il  ^  base. 

rt,  short,  as  oi  in  Ital.  noi,  voi;  E.  bolster. 

d,  long,  as  oi,  oy  in  moist,  boil,  join,  void,  boy. 

Change  a  d  oi  oy  into  v  p- 
t?,  short,  as  y  in  Boh.  hory. 
p,  long,  as  y  in  Boh.  tchesky;  Russ.  my,  ty,  vy, 

X^  X  i  base. 

*,  short,  as  r)  in  Greek  ^to. 

<,  long,  as  7]  in  Greek  or  a  in  made,  Isaaq. 

Change  oi  %  i  into  ic  t, 
k,  short,  as  ie  in  Russ.  dieti. 
p,  long,  as  eu  in  feudal. 

^  ^  2  base. 

i,  short,  as  i  in  Turk   ill;  E.  ill. 

^,  long,  as  i  in  Turk,  ilev,  elev-ation. 

Change  of  ^  ^  into  2  ^. 
^,  short,  as  e  in  Turk,  ind-end.   L.  aegre. 
^,  long,  as  ai  in  ailment,  aether,  aetas;  Ger.  eid 

^  r  r  base. 

/♦,  short,  as  ou  in  poultry,  ow  in  fowl. 
/*,  long,  ou,  ow  in  howl,  owl.  bow. 
Change  ^  /^  ou  ow  into  4^  ^. 
4.  short  as. 
^.  long,  as  eu  in  Ger.  heulen,  eule,  beugen. 


2(5  THE   ETYMOLOGIC  CJPHEK   ALFHABET 

y  C  (7  base. 

O    sliort    as  o  in  odd    for    not    hot. 

f  f  }         y  } 

6  long"  as  o  in  oatli    form    stork. 

a  lonp-  as  o  in  Fr.  vote    cor. 

Change  of  0  C  into  o  O. 

O  short  as  u  in  but    up    cunning    urge,  does. 

a  short  as  o  or  oe  in  Danish  and  Norse. 

O  loner  as  eu  oeu  in  Fr.  beurre    coeur    oeuf. 

O  longf  as  oe  in  Swedish  cede. 

The  ancient  nasalization  of  vowels  have  mostly 
been  turned  into  n  in  modern  pronounciation,  but 
where  they  still  exist,  nasalization  may  be  indicat- 
ed by  an  inverted  apostrophe  placed  after  the 
vowel,  as  is  the  case  with  polish  nasal  vowels; 
thus  ^  Q  i^  u^  o^  y^. 


THB  ETyMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  27 


A  New  Arithmetic  System. 

The  letters  of  this  Alphabet  may  be  used  for 
both  Arithmetic  and  Algebra.  Algebra  is  usually 
defined  as  generalized  Arithmetic.  In  arithmetic 
e^verj  number  or  consonant  represents  a  definite 
value.  In  algebra  the  vowels  of  the  alphabet  may 
be  used  to  represent  numbers.  A  letter  can  represent 
any  number  whatever,  provided  its  value  does  not 
(change  during  a  particular  range  of  operation. 

One  of  the  most  ancient  methods  of  comput 
ation  is  the  sixty-unite.  It  is  of  ante-diluvian  ori 
gin.  We  still  use  it  in  the  computation  of  time 
by  counting  sixty  seconds  to  one  minute,  and  sixty 
minutes  to  one  hour.  The  Hindu,  Chinese  and 
other  ancient  nations  still  compute  time  by  periods 
of  sixty  days,  and  by  cycles  of  sixty  years. 

The  letters  of  ancient  alphabets  are  also  used 
for  numerals.  We  likewise  use  the  consonants  of 
our  alphabet  as  numerals  in  nearly  the  same  Sem- 
itic order  and  analogy,  by  counting  from  one  to 
sixty,  instead  from  one  to  ten.  Tlie  tens,  or  rather 
the  sixties    are   expressed    bv  sixty  times  sixty  — 


28  THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 


3600.  The  hundredths  or  rather  sixty  times  3600 
equal  to  216000.  The  thousands  or  rather  sixty 
times  216000  equal  to  13960000.  The  consonants 
serve  as  numerals,  and  the  vowel  added  to  each 
consonant  P'ives  the  name  of  the  consonant,  and 
the  name  of  the  number. 

In  the  table  given  below,  the  first  set  of  rows 
presents  the  numerals  from  one  to  sixty  in  common 
ciphers,  the  second  row  gives  the  corresponding 
numeral  with  our  consonant  letters,  and  in  the  third 
row  the  consonant  and  vowel  constitute  the  name 
and  number  of  each  letter. 

The  second  set  of  rows  presents  the  corres- 
ponding numbers  from  61  to  120.  x\nd  the  third 
set  of  rows  gives  the  first  number  of  the  sixty 
sixties  from  one  to  3600.  Each  number  of  this  set 
consists  of  two  syllables. 

In  the  fourth  set  of  rows  is  given  the  corres- 
ponding first  numbers  of  each  unite  of  8600  up  to 
216000.  Each  number  of  this  unite  consists  of 
three  syllables.  From  216000  on,  each  number  is 
to  be  expressed  by  four  syllables,  in  the  same 
manner  as  in  the  preceeding  numbers  up  if* 
13960000. 


No 

.    1 

Same, 

1 

1 

la 

2 

2 

2i 

3 

? 

^a 

4 

d 

da 

5 

6 

5e 

6 

6 

6u 

7 

7 

ja 

8 

i 

ia 

9 

?l 

M 

10 

i 

/^ 

11 

k 

ka 

12 

I 

€o 

13 

1i 

da 

14 

rj 

r]i 

15 

(f 

qa 

16 

^ 

Ma 

17 

P  P^ 

18 

//  Uu 

19 

t 

ta 

20 

^ 

Ida, 

21 

d 

Set 

22 

^ 

^^ 

23 

f  fa 

24 

^ 

?^ 

25 

t 

ta 

26 

h  Hi 

27 

r 

ra 

28 

h 

ba 

29 

V 

W 

30 

I 

tu 

31 

I 

l.a 

32 

T 

V^ 

THK  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET  29 


No.    Name.  No. 

61  21    2i1a  I  i  1  1 

62  ^2  2i2i  61  21  3601  2i1 

63  2^    2i^a  121  ^1  7201  ^11 

64  M   2ida  181  d1  10801  dil 

65  26    2i6e  241  61  14401  611 

66  2()    2i6ii  301  61  18001  6-/^ 

67  ^7  2irjai  361  7^  21601  71/ -/ 

68  2i    2iia  421  i^/  25201  ill 

69  c2^  2i^<)/  481  %1  28801  ^-/-Z 

70  2j    2t>>  541  /^  32401  j11 

71  2^    2t^a  601  hi  36001  fei/^ 

72  2^    2i€c  661  ^^  39601  /1/1/ 

73  2fi   2ifla  721  //^  43201  dll 

74  27;   at7;i  781  Tjl  46801  v/V'/ 

75  2q   2iqa  841  ^^  50401  q11 

76  2^    2t^a  901  M  54001  ^^1/ 

77  ^/>  2ipe  961  /?-/  57601  /^^^ 

78  2ii    2i^u  1021  /^^  61201  U11 

79  2^  2tto  1081  t1  64801  ^^^ 

80  2id   2ii)3i  1141  M  68401  Ml 

81  2:^  at:fw  1201  d1  72001  .^VV 

82  %  2i^^  1261  3PV  75601  ^V^ 

83  2)    2ifQ  1321  ^1/  79201  f11 

84  %  2t^(7  1381  }1  82801  ^^V 

85  2t  2iXa  1441  t^/  86401  111 

86  2//  ati^i  1501  HI  90001  J^V-/ 

87  2;-  2ira  1561  r^  93601  r^^ 

88  2"^   2i2ra  1621  '^^^  97201  'l^ll 

89  %  2i^£  1681  ^1  100801  ^^-/i/ 

90  21    2iiu  1741  ^/  104401  111 

91  2/^  2i/ffi  1801  1.1  108001  A'^'^ 

92  %  2i^2i  1861  2^-/  112601  e^V"/ 


30  THE  ETYMOLOGIC  CIPHER  ALPHABET 

33  i  tei  93  2i  2ita  1921  i1  116201  ill 

34  V  px  94  2j)  2ipz  1981  pi  119801  p11 

35  g  ga  95  5g  2iga  2041  ^^  122401  ^-/^ 

36  9  90  96  29  2igc  2101  9^  126001  9-/^ 

37  L  La  97  2i^  2iLd  2161  iOi/  129601  i^VV 

38  f  fi  98  %  2ifi  2221  ]?^  133201  2?-/^ 

39  %  %a  99  %  2i%a  2281  g^  136801  ^V7 

40  /  fa  100  2/  2ifa  2341  /^  140401  /^^ 

41  ^  ye  101  %  2i'ye  2401  '^^  144001  *^V7 

42  g-  gu  102  2;  2igu  2461  ^7  147601  ^V-/ 

43  //  //ffl  103  2;/  2ipa  2521  //^  151201  /^V7 

44  U  U2i  104  2//  2Hi^  2581  /^^  154801  ^77 

45  b  bet  105  5f>  2ibet  2641  M  158401  :^77 

46  ^  ^^  106  ^7  2i-^x  2701  7^  162001  7^7 

47  4  4a  107  2(/  2i4a  2761  ^7  165601  ^7-/ 

48  il  ijc  108  5^  2ii}0  2821  ^/  169201  ^V/ 

49  ^  ^a  109  %  2i^a  2881  ^1/  172801  ^-/-Z 

50  ^  ^t  110  %  2iefi  2941  ^7  176401  ^//V 

51  f  fa  111  %  2ifa  3001  ^7  180001  ^^V 

52  ^  ia  112  2^  3i^a  3061  ^i  183601  ^-/V 

53  /  f£  113  2^^  St/f  3121  fi  187201  /V7 

54  i  iu  114  2^  2t^(^  3181  i1  190801  ^77 

55  7  7©  115  57  2/9(1)  3241  7I  194401  7^^ 

56  ^  ^a  116  5//  at7/a  3301  //^  198001  //^^ 

57  ./  det  117  2i  2ii(^  3361  J^i  201601  ./V^/ 

58  vZ  ^x  118  %  2t^^  3421  ^i  205201  v^V-/ 

59  iJ:  da  119  5^  2t^^  3481  M  208801  /5;Y7 

60  /  io  120  2^  ai|^  3541  li  216000  ^^^ 


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